Talking To Your Child About Adoption

Over the last several years I’ve met a couple of parents, both online and off, that are waiting for that “right time” to tell their children they were adopted. (Luckily this is not the norm. For most parents, adoption is a topic that is shared and spoken about throughout a childs life.)
I adopted [...]

Wordless Wednesday

Here is my entry for Wordless Wednesday.
My nine year old daughter likes to create things. She’s always making, or remaking something, sometimes with my help, sometimes on her own. She decided she wanted to make a t-shirt using some of the fabric paint we have. I dug out a white t-shirt for her and she [...]

Adoptee Meets Biological Parents After Series Of Coincidences

Couple’s Life Changes 25 Years After Placing Baby for Adoption
By BOB BROWN
Until the summer of 2006, Laurie and Chuck Thompson had shared a secret for a quarter of a century.
The secret dated back to their school days in 1980, when Laurie was a sophomore at Fort LeBoeuf High School in Erie, Pa. She played saxophone [...]

Reality Of An Adult Adoptee

Delta Winds: A Magazine of Student Essays
A Publication of San Joaquin Delta College
2000
I Am Who I Am
Cheryl Evans
In the middle of the afternoon the phone rang interrupting Delores from her afternoon ritual of chamomile tea and the daily newspaper. The caller did not identify herself but quickly confirmed she was speaking to the right party. [...]

Thoughts From An Adult Adoptee

I came across an interesting list that I’d like to share (with the authors permission) of recommendations for parents from the perspective of an adult adoptee.
Not all of these points may apply to every situation. Such as #3. We didn’t come to adoption after infertility and I never had a longing for biological children. In [...]

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